Teresa Franchini

A young woman, her sister-in-law and her ten year old daughter are violently traumatised by invading Austrian soldiers. Later, in Verona, both woman discover they are pregnant. After a suicide attempt, one has an abortion the other keeps her child - and both faces struggles with friends and family as they return to their homes.

Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness.

Этот фильм рассказывает историю творческой жизни Джузеппе Верди — композитора ставшего национальной славой Италии и почитающегося больше даже как государственная, нежели как музыкальная величина. В историю музыки Верди вошёл как реформатор оперного искусства, крупнейший композитор-реалист…

Elena, after a date with his boyfriend Guido, comes home finding his father tried to kill himself with gas because he lost a lot of money due to some wrong investments.

Northern Italian Stefano marries sweetheart Maria by proxy while working abroad in Canada. However, she is mistakenly accused of her sister's crime of abandoning her own child and, when Stefano finds out, he decides to call off their marriage.

The tragic love story between Guido, the owner of a marble quarry and Luisa, the humble daughter of one of his employees, ends up in her giving birth to a baby boy. Giulio's mother is against them: at first she takes her son abroad with an excuse and then has her grandson kidnapped making Luisa think the boy died in a fire.

Anna flees her home, where she has been victimized for years by her spineless father’s mean-spirited second wife, to be with her lover, an honest businessman yet to make his fortune. When he is accused of a murder he didn’t commit, the couple’s domestic tranquillity is upended, and a desperate Anna must rely on her cruel stepmother to help support their child.

A family drama involving a wife torn between her husband and her criminal ex-lover.

Biographical film about Saint Rita da Cascia, who lived in Umbria in the 14th century.

Venice Film Festival 1942

Lorenzino de 'Medici manipulates Alessandro ruler of Florence to save his beloved Bianca.